Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
• October 21, 2021
PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics.
Edited by Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson
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Iowa’s Legislative Services Agency has released its second redistricting plan after Senate Republicans rejected the first iteration of the map, concerned that certain districts were not compact enough.
Lawmakers...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• October 17, 2021
Iowa delegates are split on support of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure legislative agenda, as negotiations on two key bills stall in Congress.
Sen. Chuck Grassley said that he hopes the progressive...
Former Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, said America's diverse population and variety of backgrounds makes it impossible for all Democrats or all Republicans to be on board with the same political strategies.
The...
University of Iowa officials, Board of Regents members, and Gov. Kim Reynolds celebrated breaking ground on a new UIHC facility in North Liberty on Thursday.
“The campus will be providing significant...
Another Democratic challenger has entered the race to unseat seven-term Sen. Chuck Grassley.
Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, announced his bid for the Senate on Thursday. Franken ran for...
Iowa Democrats filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics on Monday, alleging that Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, didn’t compile with requirements to disclose information on...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• October 10, 2021
Ten months removed from the White House, and banned from Twitter, former President Donald Trump continues to influence the Republican Party.
Trump held a rally in Des Moines on Saturday, where thousands...
Thousands of people from Iowa and surrounding states came to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines to see former President Donald Trump speak on Saturday.
Karla Wright, 54, came to Iowa from...
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Former President Trump's latest stop was Des Moines, Iowa, as he made the rounds across the United States to fire up his political supporters.
Iowa is the first...
Former President Donald Trump continued to spread discredited and false claims about the 2020 presidential election at a rally in Des Moines on Saturday, while deriding the Biden administration and...
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Chuck Grassley at a Des Moines Rally Saturday night, saying the seven-term U.S. Senator has been a powerful force for conservative causes in the Senate.
"I'm...